Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

I have an application on a windows server that needs access to a directory on my AIX server for data.

I have tried to install Samba to get this to work but have not had any luck.

Anyone have a simple smb.conf file I could use as an example to set this up?

This seems so simple ... Is there another way to do this without using Samba altogether?
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Originally posted by: steevojb

Hi There,

You want to be looking at FastConnect

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/aix/library/au-fastconnect/

HTH

Steve
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Originally posted by: Miguel_Sanders

As long as you don't need ADS support, FastConnect might be an alternative.
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Originally posted by: nagger

AIX and Linux Interoperabilty chapter 6
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg246622.html

Hope this helps. N
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Originally posted by: tony.evans

It's pretty simple with Samba, you need to make sure you understand how the usernames and passwords are being passed to the AIX server, and which users they map to locally.

You probably need to look at smb.conf, as well as a password file, and a user mapping file.

smb.conf
global
workgroup = pickrandomname
encrypt passwords = Yes
security = user
wins support = No
username map = /etc/smbusers.map

temp
comment = Temporary storage space
path = /tmp
read only = No

smbusers.map
localuser = WINDOWS_USER DOMAIN\WINDOWS_USER

And use smbpasswd to set the Windows user password in the relevant local config file, against the local user it maps to.

This assumes of course you've got the two daemons configured to either start at boot, or start through inetd.

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